When Russia seized Crimea and intensified its campaign to destabilize Ukraine, the U.S. imposed sanctions.
Now an inexperienced American president has entertained the idea of putting the freedom of nearly 300 million Eastern Europeans at risk by lifting those sanctions.
More than once Donald Trump has said he’s impressed that Vladimir Putin wields “very strong control over a country.” That’s exactly the kind of raw authority our constitution was written to protect us against.
Putin interfered in our elections to help Mr. Trump. Senator John McCain calls it an “act of war.” What reasons could Putin have for wanting Trump in office? Is he sitting on secrets he can use to control our president? Lifting sanctions might be just the beginning of his demands.
Ronald Reagan insisted on “trust-but-verify” when dealing with the Russians.
Unlike our current president, he knew that KGB agents like Putin will sneak a round into every chamber of the cylinder if you let them. They’ll hand you the revolver and play on your vanity until you press the barrel to the side of your head.
Pat Shiplett
And today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Thank you for remembering. Let’s hope more of the country does the same, and acts.
Pat Shiplett
As always, $100 to the first person who finds this posting and sends a photo with geo-positioning embedded.
Ann Segal
a dire situation and getting worse by the day
Neil Shapiro
We are in incredibly dangerous times, being led by a madman.
Janis Tracy
“Paul Manafort, Trump’s one-time campaign manager who served as a top adviser to a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine from 2004 to 2012, emerged as a central figure in both the dossier and the intelligence community’s early inquiries into Trump’s ties to Russia. Two other Trump allies, Carter Page and Roger Stone, have also been scrutinized by the intelligence community for their relationships with Moscow. On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was being investigated by counterintelligence agents over his phone calls to Russia’s ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, on December 29. Flynn’s ties to Russia were scrutinized after he attended a gala in Moscow in 2015 celebrating the 10th anniversary of the state-sponsored news agency Russia Today. Flynn was photographed sitting next to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the gala’s dinner.” -Business Insider